A
Swedish poet, Lasse, has travelled around the world for years - alone,
independently, restlessly. His heart knows no home except one that a
prophecy from his childhood revealed to him: Valkaama, a mysterious
place in northern Finland.

Lasse always longed to settle there
one day, along with Ari, a good friend bound to a wheelchair. In time,
Lasses's travels have lost their youthful innocence. He decides to go on
one last great journey with Ari. Meanwhile Ari gets in touch with
someone who abruptly changes the perspective on his own destiny for the
worse.

In recent months Lasse has been living with Runa, a
privileged young woman from Halmstad. Since the tragic death of her
parents she has lived alone with her brother, Max. Runa has looked upon
Lasse only as a friend, but as he leaves, she becomes overwhelmed by
deep-set emotions. She makes a decision to find him, regardless of the
consequences.

Magnus, the man Ari got in touch with, is a
cynical alcoholic from Gothenburg. The only act which brings him joy is
aiding the hopeless in suicidal quests. He constantly scathes the
internet to find new missions. As a prisoner of his own miserable world,
Magnus often wishes to escape. His weakness prevents him breaking free
and he is forced to live an empty life in a destructive symbiosis with
his mother, Svenja.

Magnus sets his sights on Ari as a final
victim. Ari grows impatient waiting for Lasse to return home and journey
with him to Valkaama. Though he has lost the will to live, Ari
consciously passes his place on Lasse's side to Magnus. His intentions
remain unclear. Magnus' is aware that a journey with Lasse might be the
last chance to change his life for good - he decides to join Lasse. The
pair find themselves venturing northwards, alongside them, a dark lie
about Ari's death.

In the meantime, a hopelessly in love Runa,
tries to lighten the past of Lasse. She travels to Gothenburg attempting
to piece the parts of the puzzle together, but soon comes to a dead
end. Lasse suddenly calls. He seems to be in big trouble and in an
instant Runa is on her way to Lapland. She finds the unlikely fellows
and witnesses them in an encounter of realisation concerning interwoven
pasts. Pasts they were entirely unaware of.

The prophecy is
finally fulfilled, but in a way Lasse could never have predicted. A few
fateful hours in the Finnish wilderness change the lives of three
travellers forever...

Two nights before Halloween, as if it matters to anyone in the house, as if every day in this house isn’t Halloween. As if every moment they live isn’t the strain and stretch, the hand reaching back, groping through bottomless candy bags down to where front porches glowing with orange flicker grins and skeletons dance hopscotch sidewalks and ring doorbells. And they are all here, here around where they belong.
From Silk By Caitlin R. Kiernan